Fossil Ridge is making a case to be considered as a top team in the state after jumping to No. 2 in the Class 5A CHSAANow.com volleyball rankings this week.
The SaberCats are winners of three-straight and will conclude regular season play this week when they travel to the Cheyenne Mountain tournament this weekend.
Mountain Vista made a two-spot jump this week after wins over Chaparral and Highlands Ranch last week.
Fruita Monument is the only new team to join the 5A poll, coming in at No. 10.
After a clean sweep of Cheyenne Mountain in the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference title game, Lewis-Palmer remains the No. 1 team in 4A.
The top of the 4A rankings certainly have a different look as Pueblo West jumps three spots to No. 2 and Eagle Valley (No. 4) and Montrose (No. 5) each jumped four spots to land in the top five.
Berthoud is the lone newcomer in 4A at No. 10.
In 3A, Eaton still sits atop the rankings while University hung on to its spot at No. 2.
St. Mary’s (No. 8) and Delta (No. 10) are the two new teams to break into the 3A poll.
Dayspring Christian still sits at No. 1 in the 2A, but it was the Colorado Springs School that made a noticeable jump, going from No. 4 to No. 2 heading into the final week of the regular season.
At No. 10, West Grand is the only new team in the 2A rankings.
Like all other classes this week, 1A saw the No. 1 spot go unchanged as Fleming held its ground.
Flagler (No. 4) and McClave (No. 5) did gain some ground on the top teams as both teams jumped two spots from a week ago.
Kiowa is the lone newcomer to the 1A poll, coming in at No. 8.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. Polls are released each Monday.
Complete rankings for all classes are below.
CHSAANow.com Volleyball Polls
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
| Class 5A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Rock Canyon (9) | 16-1 | 98 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Fossil Ridge | 16-2 | 75 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Denver East (1) | 14-3 | 73 | 5 | 3-0 |
| 4 | Mountain Vista | 14-2 | 72 | 6 | 3-0 |
| 5 | Chatfield | 15-2 | 55 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 6 | Arapahoe | 16-3 | 51 | 2 | 1-1 |
| 7 | Fairview | 14-4 | 31 | 9 | 2-0 |
| 8 | Highlands Ranch | 13-4 | 23 | 7 | 2-1 |
| 9 | Chaparral | 11-6 | 17 | 8 | 1-1 |
| 10 | Fruita Monument | 14-5 | 14 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Cherry Creek 11, Coronado 8, Loveland 7, Ralston Valley 5, Fort Collins 3, Rampart 3, Castle View 2, Grandview 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Loveland (10). | |||||
| Class 4A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Lewis-Palmer (10) | 19-0 | 100 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Pueblo West | 16-2 | 72 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Valor Christian | 14-3 | 63 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Eagle Valley | 17-2 | 54 | 8 | 3-0 |
| 5 | Montrose | 15-4 | 53 | 9 | 2-0 |
| 6 | Niwot | 15-3 | 51 | 6 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Cheyenne Mountain | 13-5 | 49 | 2 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Silver Creek | 17-2 | 39 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 9 | Holy Family | 17-4 | 36 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 10 | Berthoud | 14-4 | 14 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| D’Evelyn 9, Battle Mountain 6, Thomas Jefferson 4. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| D’Evelyn (10). | |||||
| Class 3A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Eaton (10) | 18-1 | 100 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | University | 13-5 | 84 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Colorado Springs Christian | 18-4 | 62 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Bayfield | 15-3 | 61 | 6 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Valley | 14-5 | 57 | 3 | 0-1 |
| 6 | Middle Park | 18-1 | 48 | 8 | 4-0 |
| 7 | Resurrection Christian | 12-6 | 41 | 5 | 0-2 |
| 8 | St. Mary’s | 16-3 | 22 | – | 2-0 |
| 9 | Sterling | 18-5 | 21 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 10 | Delta | 16-3 | 13 | – | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Salida 12, Coal Ridge 8, Pagosa Springs 7, Bennett 6, The Vanguard 4, Faith Christian 3, Rye 3, Alamosa 1, Lutheran 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Pagosa Springs (9), Coal Ridge (10). | |||||
| Class 2A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Dayspring Christian (8) | 19-0 | 106 | 1 | 3-0 |
| 2 | Colorado Springs School | 17-2 | 83 | 4 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Paonia (3) | 17-2 | 78 | 2 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Hoehne | 16-3 | 72 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 5 | Yuma | 15-4 | 54 | 3 | 1-1 |
| 6 | Lyons | 15-4 | 51 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Simla | 15-4 | 50 | 6 | 2-0 |
| 8 | Ridgway | 17-2 | 47 | 8 | 3-0 |
| 9 | Fowler | 15-4 | 31 | 9 | 1-0 |
| 10 | West Grand | 15-4 | 13 | – | 3-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Denver Christian 10, John Mall 3, Union Colony 3, Akron 1, Del Norte 1, Ignacio 1, Wray 1. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| John Mall (10). | |||||
| Class 1A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | W-L | PTS | PVS | LW |
| 1 | Fleming (5) | 18-1 | 93 | 1 | 2-0 |
| 2 | Kit Carson (4) | 19-0 | 93 | 2 | 1-0 |
| 3 | La Veta | 19-0 | 67 | 3 | 2-0 |
| 4 | Flagler | 17-2 | 56 | 6 | 2-0 |
| 5 | McClave | 16-3 | 55 | 7 | 2-0 |
| 6 | Nucla | 16-1 | 54 | 5 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Weldon Valley | 16-3 | 52 | 4 | 3-0 |
| 8 | Kiowa | 17-2 | 18 | – | 2-0 |
| 9 | Heritage Christian | 15-4 | 15 | 8 | 3-0 |
| 10 | Otis | 14-5 | 14 | 10 | 2-0 |
| Others receiving votes: | |||||
| Prairie 8, Springfield 8, Rocky Mountain Lutheran 3, Briggsdale 2, Holly 2. | |||||
| Dropped out | |||||
| Prairie (9). | |||||